The general desire of the best regiments is to be armed with the Spencer carbine. By arming one or two regiments in each department with them, their old arms turned in will supply the deficiencies in the other regiments

To the Second and Fourth Michigan, 700 Spencer carbines were furnished ; the Fourth United States, 600. It is proposed to furnish 700 for the Fifth Indiana and also the Second Iowa, of the Department of the Tennessee.